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AT&T sells stake in DirecTV to TPG for $7.6 billion
(Reuters) -AT&T said on Monday it would sell its entire 70% stake in satellite TV provider DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6 billion, exiting a business marked by declining distributions...
Sep 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The company logo for AT&T is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Hezbollah says it is ready for any Israeli land invasion in Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah fighters are ready to confront any Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, the group's deputy leader Naim Qassem said on Monday in his first public address since Israel killed ...
Sep 30, 2024 People clear debris from shops damaged in an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Kola, central Beirut, Lebanon September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still falling
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped six cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.37 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are ...
Sep 30, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
UPDATE: 10-year-old victim of fatal shooting at Peoria apartment complex identified
UPDATED 10/1 5:55 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 10-year-old boy has been identified as the victim in a fatal shooting Sunday night at a Peoria apartment complex. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an in...
Sep 29, 2024 (25 News)
SpaceX capsule for stuck astronauts docks at space station
(Reuters) - A SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule, which is due to bring home stuck astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams next year, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, accor...
Sep 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose ahead of the launch of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
Kris Kristofferson, influential singer-songwriter, dies at 88
(Reuters) -Kris Kristofferson, who became one of the most influential American singer-songwriters of his time with works such as "Me and Bobby McGee," as well as becoming a successful actor, died Satu...
Sep 29, 2024 Kris Kristofferson, tribute to Johnny Cash, New York, April 6, 1999.
UPDATE: Closing ceremony for Vietnam Traveling Memorial Sunday
UPDATE EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A closing ceremony at the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will begin at noon Sunday. The Memorial Wall, a 3/5th scale replica of the memorial in Washington D.C., has been on...
Sep 29, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel struck multiple targets in Lebanon on Sunday, pressing Iran-backed Hezbollah with more attacks after it struck a huge blow by killing the group's leader Sayyed Hass...
Sep 29, 2024 A man walks on the rubble of damaged buildings in the aftermath of Israeli air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon September 28, 2024. REUTERS/Ali Alloush
Pope Francis, after Belgian criticism, says church has 'no place for abuse'
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday wrapped up a weekend trip to Belgium, where he faced some of the strongest criticism yet levied during one of his foreign trips. The 87-year-old pontiff was...
Sep 29, 2024 Pope Francis holds a Holy Mass at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, September 29, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Trump escalates dark rhetoric against immigrants, Harris
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Saturday deployed some of his harshest rhetoric against immigrants who have crossed the border illegally and committed crimes, especially against young women, wh...
Sep 28, 2024 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, September 28, 2024. REUTERS/Tim Evans
